Letter: An open letter to my congressman

I do not want my Congressman playing the role of a bobblehead. How can you not support the idea that the only right thing to do with regards to DACA is to guarantee those people safety and a path to citizenship?

The border with Mexico is different from the border with Canada only because it is also the gateway to all of Central and South America. A wall along that border would represent a complete capitulation of everything that America should believe. What happens there will reflect upon the American people for decades. And worse, it will do nothing to make Americans any safer then they already are. The wall would become a symbol. It would equal the Statue of Liberty in representing America.

Is America a generous, loving, welcoming nation, or a nation that only accepts those who are “qualified”? And what are those qualifications — race, wealth, education and nationality? How do those standards differ from the standards of Hitler’s Germany? Is the presence of a wall the reason you fought for America?

Your own party’s hero, Ronald Reagan, once demanded that Russia, “tear down this wall.” Now the leader of that same party is demanding that America build a wall to separate people of good will. Perhaps enhanced border control is needed. But a wall? Even Thomas Jefferson, most likely the most racist of all the American presidents, would cringe at the thought.

Please do not be swayed by the politics of fear and hate. Ask yourself what would Jesus Christ have to say about a wall?